Winʹifred (St.)

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Patron saint of virgins, because she was beheaded byPrince Caradoc for refusing to marry him. She was Welsh by birth, and the legend says that her head falling on the ground originated the famous healing well of St. Winifred in Flintshire. She is usually drawn like St. Denis, carrying her head in her hand. Holywell, in Wales, is St. Winifred’s Well, celebrated for its “miraculous” virtues.